Scratching the surface and digging deeper: Exploring ecological theories in urban soils

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-20

  Pavao Zuckerman, Mitchell A ^a   Byrne, Loren B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Ecosystem services; Heterogeneity; Lawns; Management; Urban ecology; Urban soils; Urbanization impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849136357     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0078-3     Document Type: Article

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